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Want a civic affairs job that provides a seat amid the royalty at Marin County Civic Center, pays $100,000 and includes plump pension benefits and other perks? If you can tackle community issues for the common good, endure the tedium of endless meetings and withstand the slings and arrows of the public arena, county government may have a spot for ... (more)

A service of installation for the Rev. Matthew Switzer is at 3 p.m. Feb. 12 at Trinity Lutheran Church in San Rafael.

The 40-year-old natural foods store will be reborn on the site of the former Albertsons grocery store, a building three times the size of its current home.

This duo from Fairfax describes itself as "schizophrenically eclectic." And as crazy as that may sound, it's pretty much on target.

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A The Marin County Board of Supervisors Tuesday honored long-time Fairfax resident Terry Jones as the County of Marin 2011 Employee of the Year.

The Marin County Bicycle Coalition is seeking volunteers to join in a habitat restoration project this weekend and next in conjunction with the Marin County Department of Parks and Open Space and Marin Municipal Water District.

Ross Valley residents have dug into their pocketbooks this election cycle, donating nearly $92,000 to Congressional and national campaigns, according to a new campaign finance database put together by Huffington Post .

A The Fairfax Town Council adopted a resolution objecting to the National Defense Authorization Act over grave concerns about violations within NDAA of several sections of the U.S. Constitution.

A Great News for Good Earth The doors of the new Good Earth Grocery will be officially opened at 11 a.m. on Feb.

A Did you know that we pride ourselves on having a page for every business located in San Anselmo and Fairfax? Yep, check out our Patch Places to find all sorts of shops by category, or by typing topics into our seach box.

"Travel to Turkey," a slide presentation by professional guide Jale Robertson, will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Fairfax Library, 2097 Sir Francis Drake Blvd.

The sun rises over Nicasio Reservoir on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012, near Nicasio, Calif.

Earlier this week, we posted a picture of a prominent figure in Ross Valley history and asked you all to guess who it was .

Post your guesses for who this historical Ross Valley figure is in the comments below.

It's midweek, the sun is out, and a lean 24-year-old with broken glasses is teaching me about rap.

In an assault police are investigating as gang-related, a Fairfax man suffering from stab wounds was found standing in the traffic lanes near Rowland Boulevard in Novato on Monday afternoon.

The Fairfax Town Council has revised its plan for how to use the close to $375,000 it will save by refinancing $3 million in general obligation bonds issued in 2002 after voters approved a measure in 1999 to improve roads, storm drains and more.

The first lesson I learned from survival camp is to look at your map. After wandering around Tamarancho for 45 minutes, when I finally arrived at Adventure Out's Wilderness Skills and Survival Class at Camp Arequipa in Fairfax, San Anselmo native Jack Harrison was teaching a group of 25 couples, 20-somethings, families and two large hunters to ... (more)

A musical meditation service with Kirtan Rabbi Andrew Hahn is at 8 p.m. Feb. 4 at Congregation Kol Shofar in Tiburon.